In the game "Covering the Sky," I can create nine kinds of immortal gold.

Having learned his lesson at the Tomb of the Fallen King, Zhang Taichu was extremely cautious this time, setting up several source arrays around the area beforehand, including those for probing divine sense.

Once someone's divine sense detects the vicinity, the source array will immediately sound an alarm, preventing a situation like last time where someone was caught off guard.

The four source arrays immediately activated, emitting dazzling light that shot towards the direction from which the divine sense was transmitted.

The entire ley line instantly transformed into a raging dragon, unleashing a deafening roar.

The earth seemed to have turned into ocean waves, with violent fluctuations that could instantly crush even armored vehicles into scrap metal.

However, such immense power yielded no results. A powerful source technique also erupted from the direction of the divine sense in the distance, directly negating the power of Zhang Taichu's source array.

Zhang Taichu knew instantly who had arrived. His expression changed drastically, and he decisively used the Source Array to self-destruct.

"Boom!"

The massive explosion uprooted the earth for tens of kilometers around. Due to the extreme brutality of the attack, Zhang Taichu's entire left side was blown to pieces, and his left foot was blown off.

Using the force of the explosion, Zhang Taichu was seriously injured and fled far away, quickly disappearing from sight.

Just over ten seconds later, Ouyang Ye arrived with Tuoba Yu and the other two. After looking at the damaged ley lines around them, a cold smile appeared on Ouyang Ye's wrinkled old face.

"He was alert and decisive enough. He used the self-destruction of the source array to disrupt the power of the earth veins, thereby concealing his presence as he burrowed underground, making it impossible for us to track him down. Unfortunately, he didn't know that I had already grasped his presence. As long as he enters the earth veins to cultivate again, I will be able to find him."

Ouyang Ye was very confident, so he wasn't flustered at all.

On the other side, Zhang Taichu, who had traveled two thousand miles underground in one breath, finally had to leave the ground due to his severe injuries and came to a dense forest to heal.

Looking at his mangled left side and his severed left leg, the intense pain almost made Zhang Taichu faint.

"I can't faint, if I faint I'll definitely die!"

Zhang Taichu slapped himself twice in the face to force himself back to consciousness, and then pondered how to break the deadlock.

Suddenly, he reached out his right hand and lifted the wound on the left side of his body. The wound, which had been forcibly closed by magic, was reopened and started bleeding again.

A strong smell of blood instantly filled the air, but Zhang Taichu ignored it and let it linger.

After finding a relatively comfortable place to lie down, Zhang Taichu began to recall the attack that had just occurred.

"We followed the earth's veins and found our way here. There is no doubt that they are from a family of Origin Arts masters. Moreover, they are definitely not the kind of half-baked Origin Arts practitioners we encountered at the Tomb of the Fallen King. They are most likely Origin Earth Masters, or old immortals who are close to the level of Origin Earth Masters."

Recalling the several masters of source techniques who appeared in the original work, especially those who made an earth-shattering gamble with Ye Fan in the Holy Land Stone Workshop, Zhang Taichu suspected that it was one of those masters, or even several of them who came together.

"Although the strength of the Source Earth Master is far inferior to that of the Source Celestial Master, they are very skilled in their familiarity with the earth. Legend has it that the Source Earth Master needs to leave their mark on ten thousand earth veins to succeed, which means that the earth veins in the entire Southern Region of the Eastern Wilderness may all have their mark."

"This is troublesome. I was just about to use the power of the earth veins to cultivate when a source earth master came and blocked my path. He's clearly not giving me a way out."

"Furthermore, how did he pinpoint my location so accurately? Do the markings in the ley lines possess such powerful capabilities?"

Zhang Taichu took out the scriptures of the Source Celestial Master, listened to the contents, and found that the Source Earth Master's mark was not that strong. As long as he did not make any big moves in the earth veins, he would not attract the attention of the Source Earth Master.

"So, they located me using other methods? Did they hire someone from the fortune-telling lineage?"

Zhang Taichu quickly thought of the Divine Calculator lineage, which had a decent appearance rate in the original work. In the original work, that lineage caused Ye Fan and his group a lot of trouble.

Only after obtaining the God-Slaying Whip did Ye Fan finally escape his fate of being constantly schemed against, making it impossible for his opponents to calculate his location anymore.

"No, no, he shouldn't be from the Divine Calculator's lineage, because I possess nine kinds of Immortal Gold. Immortal Gold carries great weight in matters of fate. If the Divine Calculator dared to divine my fate, he would probably be instantly killed by the backlash."

This is clear, because if the Divine Calculator lineage could accurately calculate the location of immortal gold, then all the immortal gold in the universe would have been collected by them long ago.

"If it's not the lineage of the Divine Calculator, then the Source Earth Master possesses other secret techniques. If these techniques are only in his possession, then eliminating him will suffice. If not..."

While Zhang Taichu was having a headache over the matter of the Source Earth Master, he suddenly heard a noise. Through his Earth Sensing ability, he discovered that a black tiger was quietly approaching him.

In my perception, this black tiger possessed a powerful aura, no weaker than a cultivator at the Life Spring Realm. It had clearly become a spirit, transforming into a tiger demon.

"As expected, the smell of blood has attracted you. I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Before the tiger demon could launch an attack, Zhang Taichu directly used the profound meaning of the Dragon Pattern Black Gold. A small black dragon flew towards the tiger demon and instantly drained its life essence, leaving only a cracked tiger skin.

The tiger demon's essence was injected into Zhang Taichu's body, instantly healing his external injuries. However, his lost left foot did not grow back.

Looking at his severed leg, Zhang Taichu's skin suddenly turned red, and then flames appeared all over his body.

"The Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold Mystic Art, Rebirth from the Ashes!"

The phoenix fire enveloped Zhang Taichu, melting his entire body, including his hair, flesh, internal organs, and bones, ultimately turning him into a fleshy ball half a meter in diameter.

The fleshy ball landed on the ground, with a blood-red glow flowing continuously inside, along with the sound of a heartbeat.

About a day later, the fleshy ball suddenly burst open from the inside, and then the naked Zhang Taichu crawled out from inside.

At this moment, his skin was as smooth as a baby's, enough to make any woman jealous. Most importantly, his broken left foot had also grown back.

After washing himself by the river, Zhang Taichu took out spare clothes from the sea of ​​bitterness and put them on.

"It's confirmed. The Immortal Emperor's method of achieving immortality was indeed inspired by the Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold, combined with his own innate talent, and was ultimately created."

Having personally experienced a rebirth, Zhang Taichu felt as if he had been reborn.

However, when he examined his Wheel of Life, he found that the scratches on it had not diminished.

"In other words, even if one is reborn from the ashes, lifespan does not increase; it is merely a physical reorganization that eliminates all adverse symptoms. This is similar to the 'Zhe' secret among the Nine Secrets, only less efficient."

"However, the profound mysteries of Immortal Gold are vast and complex. I have only grasped them to a preliminary extent and am still far from fully comprehending them. When I have completely mastered them, they may not be inferior to the Secret of the Character 'Zhe'."

"Speaking of which, when the Nine Heavenly Venerables created the Nine Secrets, could it have been inspired by the profound mysteries of Immortal Metal?"

Zhang Taichu thought it was very likely, at least the secret of the word "Zhe" was very similar to the profound meaning of Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold.

"Forget it, now is not the time to think about these things. Although my injuries have healed, the crisis is not over yet. I can't cultivate in peace until the problem of the Source Master is solved."

After sitting cross-legged by the river for a long time, Zhang Taichu finally came up with a very dangerous but highly successful method.